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Re: [Phys-l] Centrifugal redux; muddied



..and perhaps just to muddy the waters here a bit:

Doesn't "centrifugal" just mean "away from the center" (or from the Latin
"fleeing" the center)?

Even in the laboratory (inertial) frame, if there is a centripetal force, by N3
there would have to be a centrifugal force. (or are we all assuming that we
are talking only about forces acting on the object moving in a circle?)

Even so, why would anyone argue that there is no such thing as centrifugal
force?
--
Stuart Leinoff






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